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  <h1 class="topictitle1">Live Mounting Filesets</h1>
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   <p>This section describes how to live mount a copy of a fileset to a target host.</p>
   <div class="section">
    <h4 class="sectiontitle">Context</h4>
    <p>ProtectAgent and other related software have been installed on the target host to which the copy is mounted.</p>
    <p>For details, see the <em>ProtectAgent Installation Guide</em>.</p>
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    <h4 class="sectiontitle">Procedure</h4>
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     <li><span>Choose <span class="uicontrol" id="EN-US_TOPIC_0000001839187721__en-us_topic_0000001839142377_uicontrol81551121183717"><b><span id="EN-US_TOPIC_0000001839187721__en-us_topic_0000001839142377_text91553217374"><strong>Explore</strong></span> &gt; <span id="EN-US_TOPIC_0000001839187721__en-us_topic_0000001839142377_text101552021103718"><strong>Live Mount</strong></span> &gt; <span id="EN-US_TOPIC_0000001839187721__en-us_topic_0000001839142377_text42471249173719"><strong>Filesets</strong></span></b></span>.</span></li>
     <li><span>Click <span class="uicontrol"><b><span><strong>Create</strong></span></b></span>.</span></li>
     <li><span>On the <span class="uicontrol"><b><span><strong>Select Resource</strong></span></b></span> tab page, search for or select the resource corresponding to the copy to be mounted, and click <span class="uicontrol"><b><span><strong>Next</strong></span></b></span>.</span></li>
     <li><span>On the <span class="uicontrol"><b><span><strong>Select Copy</strong></span></b></span> tab page, perform the following operations:</span><p></p>
      <ol type="a">
       <li>Select the copy to be mounted.
        <ul>
         <li>The copy to be live mounted must be in the <span class="uicontrol"><b><span><strong>Normal</strong></span></b></span> status.</li>
         <li>The copy generated after part of disks of a VM are backed up cannot be live mounted.</li>
        </ul></li>
       <li>Select the created mount update policy.<p>If the mount update policy is not selected in this step, you can configure the mount update policy by <a href="en-us_topic_0000001839187729.html">modifying mount information</a> later.</p></li>
       <li>Click <span class="uicontrol"><b><span><strong>Next</strong></span></b></span>.</li>
      </ol> <p></p></li>
     <li><span>On the <span class="uicontrol"><b><span><strong>Mount Options</strong></span></b></span> tab page, set mounting parameters and click <span class="uicontrol"><b><span><strong>Next</strong></span></b></span>.</span><p></p>
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       <li>Configure basic and advanced parameters for live mount.
        <div class="p">
         <a href="#EN-US_TOPIC_0000001839187721__en-us_topic_0000001387707949_table89615043315">Table 1</a> describes the related parameters.
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            <li>You can configure either or both of <strong>Bandwidth (MB/s)</strong> and <strong>Normalized IOPS (8 KB)</strong>. You are advised to configure only <strong>Bandwidth (MB/s)</strong> for bandwidth-intensive services and only <strong>Normalized IOPS (8 KB)</strong> for IOPS-intensive services. If you cannot determine the service type or the service type changes frequently, you can configure both parameters and the system will control the traffic using the parameter with a smaller value.</li>
            <li>You can query the conversion between the standard IOPS (8 KB) model and real I/O model in the conversion table on the GUI.</li>
            <li>The maximum traffic of mounted copies is limited to ensure the performance of backup and restoration jobs. In addition, the minimum traffic of mounted copies is set to ensure the minimum performance of mounted copies.</li>
           </ul>
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            <b>Table 1 </b>Live mount parameters
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             <th align="left" class="cellrowborder" colspan="2" valign="top" id="mcps1.3.3.2.5.2.1.1.1.3.2.4.1.1"><p>Parameter</p></th>
             <th align="left" class="cellrowborder" valign="top" id="mcps1.3.3.2.5.2.1.1.1.3.2.4.1.2"><p>Description</p></th>
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             <td class="cellrowborder" colspan="2" valign="top" headers="mcps1.3.3.2.5.2.1.1.1.3.2.4.1.1 "><p><span><strong>Target Host</strong></span></p></td>
             <td class="cellrowborder" valign="top" headers="mcps1.3.3.2.5.2.1.1.1.3.2.4.1.2 "><p>Target host to which the copy is mounted.</p> <p>You can search for a host name or IP address to select the host.</p></td>
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             <td class="cellrowborder" colspan="2" valign="top" headers="mcps1.3.3.2.5.2.1.1.1.3.2.4.1.1 "><p><span><strong>Target Path</strong></span></p></td>
             <td class="cellrowborder" valign="top" headers="mcps1.3.3.2.5.2.1.1.1.3.2.4.1.2 "><p>Target location to which the copy is mounted.</p> <p>After expanding the data source, you can search for a file name to select the corresponding path.</p></td>
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             <td class="cellrowborder" colspan="2" valign="top" headers="mcps1.3.3.2.5.2.1.1.1.3.2.4.1.1 "><p><strong>CIFS Share Name</strong></p> <p></p></td>
             <td class="cellrowborder" valign="top" headers="mcps1.3.3.2.5.2.1.1.1.3.2.4.1.2 "><p>Share name that accesses a file system.</p> <p>The default share name is <strong>mount</strong>_<em>timestamp</em>. You can also change the share name.</p> <p>Ensure that the backup resource supports the CIFS share protocol. Otherwise, the CIFS file permission information will not be contained during the mounting.</p>
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               <span class="notetitle"> NOTE: </span>
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                <p id="EN-US_TOPIC_0000001839187721__p1838855011256">This parameter is displayed only for Windows file systems.</p>
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             <td class="cellrowborder" colspan="2" valign="top" headers="mcps1.3.3.2.5.2.1.1.1.3.2.4.1.1 "><p><strong>Type</strong></p></td>
             <td class="cellrowborder" valign="top" headers="mcps1.3.3.2.5.2.1.1.1.3.2.4.1.2 "><p>Type of the user who accesses a CIFS share.</p>
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               <li id="EN-US_TOPIC_0000001839187721__en-us_topic_0000001792360710_li115301547103614"><span id="EN-US_TOPIC_0000001839187721__en-us_topic_0000001792360710_text11836124163210"><strong>Everyone</strong></span></li>
               <li id="EN-US_TOPIC_0000001839187721__en-us_topic_0000001792360710_li1853094715369"><span id="EN-US_TOPIC_0000001839187721__en-us_topic_0000001792360710_text12625493210"><strong>Windows Local Authentication User</strong></span></li>
               <li id="EN-US_TOPIC_0000001839187721__en-us_topic_0000001792360710_li58994343227"><span id="EN-US_TOPIC_0000001839187721__en-us_topic_0000001792360710_text1018841611228"><strong>Windows Local Authentication User Group</strong></span></li>
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               <span class="notetitle"> NOTE: </span>
               <div class="notebody">
                <p id="EN-US_TOPIC_0000001839187721__en-us_topic_0000001839187721_p1838855011256">This parameter is displayed only for Windows file systems.</p>
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             <td class="cellrowborder" rowspan="3" valign="top" width="16.439999999999998%" headers="mcps1.3.3.2.5.2.1.1.1.3.2.4.1.1 "><p><span><strong>Bandwidth (MB/s)</strong></span></p> <p></p> <p></p></td>
             <td class="cellrowborder" valign="top" width="20.78%" headers="mcps1.3.3.2.5.2.1.1.1.3.2.4.1.1 "><p><span><strong>Min</strong></span></p></td>
             <td class="cellrowborder" valign="top" width="62.78%" headers="mcps1.3.3.2.5.2.1.1.1.3.2.4.1.2 "><p>Minimum bandwidth for copy live mount</p></td>
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             <td class="cellrowborder" valign="top" headers="mcps1.3.3.2.5.2.1.1.1.3.2.4.1.1 "><p><span><strong>Max</strong></span></p></td>
             <td class="cellrowborder" valign="top" headers="mcps1.3.3.2.5.2.1.1.1.3.2.4.1.1 "><p>Maximum bandwidth for copy live mount</p></td>
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             <td class="cellrowborder" valign="top" headers="mcps1.3.3.2.5.2.1.1.1.3.2.4.1.1 "><p><span><strong>Burst</strong></span></p></td>
             <td class="cellrowborder" valign="top" headers="mcps1.3.3.2.5.2.1.1.1.3.2.4.1.1 "><p>Maximum burst bandwidth for copy live mount. The value of <strong><span><strong>Burst</strong></span></strong> must be greater than that of <strong>Max</strong>.</p> <p>This parameter can be set only after the value of <strong>Max</strong> is set.</p></td>
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             <td class="cellrowborder" rowspan="3" valign="top" width="16.439999999999998%" headers="mcps1.3.3.2.5.2.1.1.1.3.2.4.1.1 "><p><span><strong>Standard IOPS (8 KB)</strong></span></p> <p></p> <p></p></td>
             <td class="cellrowborder" valign="top" width="20.78%" headers="mcps1.3.3.2.5.2.1.1.1.3.2.4.1.1 "><p><span><strong>Min</strong></span></p></td>
             <td class="cellrowborder" valign="top" width="62.78%" headers="mcps1.3.3.2.5.2.1.1.1.3.2.4.1.2 "><p>Average minimum number of standard I/O requests per second for copy live mount.</p></td>
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             <td class="cellrowborder" valign="top" headers="mcps1.3.3.2.5.2.1.1.1.3.2.4.1.1 "><p><span><strong>Max</strong></span></p></td>
             <td class="cellrowborder" valign="top" headers="mcps1.3.3.2.5.2.1.1.1.3.2.4.1.1 "><p>Average maximum number of standard I/O requests per second for copy live mount</p></td>
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             <td class="cellrowborder" valign="top" headers="mcps1.3.3.2.5.2.1.1.1.3.2.4.1.1 "><p><span><strong>Burst</strong></span></p></td>
             <td class="cellrowborder" valign="top" headers="mcps1.3.3.2.5.2.1.1.1.3.2.4.1.1 "><p>Maximum burst IOPS for copy live mount. The value of <strong><span><strong>Burst</strong></span></strong> must be greater than that of <strong>Max</strong>.</p> <p>This parameter can be set only after the value of <strong>Max</strong> is set.</p></td>
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             <td class="cellrowborder" colspan="2" valign="top" headers="mcps1.3.3.2.5.2.1.1.1.3.2.4.1.1 "><p><span><strong>Max. Burst Duration (s)</strong></span></p></td>
             <td class="cellrowborder" valign="top" headers="mcps1.3.3.2.5.2.1.1.1.3.2.4.1.2 "><p>This parameter needs to be set only when the <strong><span><strong>Burst</strong></span></strong> parameter of the bandwidth or standard IOPS is set. It indicates the maximum duration of burst bandwidth or burst IOPS.</p></td>
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             <td class="cellrowborder" valign="top" width="16.439999999999998%" headers="mcps1.3.3.2.5.2.1.1.1.3.2.4.1.1 "><p><span><strong>Normalized Latency (8 KB)</strong></span></p></td>
             <td class="cellrowborder" valign="top" width="20.78%" headers="mcps1.3.3.2.5.2.1.1.1.3.2.4.1.1 "><p><span><strong>Max</strong></span></p></td>
             <td class="cellrowborder" valign="top" width="62.78%" headers="mcps1.3.3.2.5.2.1.1.1.3.2.4.1.2 "><p>Maximum latency of the local storage system</p></td>
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       <li>Click <span class="uicontrol"><b><span><strong>Next</strong></span></b></span>.</li>
      </ol> <p></p></li>
     <li><span>Preview and confirm the mounting parameters, and click <span class="uicontrol"><b><span><strong>Finish</strong></span></b></span>.</span><p></p>
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        <p>If a copy is used for live mount immediately after it is generated, the live mount job may fail because the copy is still in the initialization status. In this case, try again in 3 minutes.</p>
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